FLIGHT Centre Travel Group (FCTG) has announced the closure of its Auckland-based Executive Travel business, in response to the demand downturn due to coronavirus, with the operation to be merged into Flight Centre’s other NZ corporate businesses.
Executive Travel GM Andy Jack said COVID-19 had brought “extreme challenges across the industry, which we fought long and hard to maintain the brand through.
“After assessing all options, we made this difficult but necessary decision to continue a secure service for our customer base and preserve as many of our people as possible,” Jack said.
Executive Travel corporate clients will be transferred to FCM, Corporate Traveller or Stage & Screen, while leisure customers will move to Travel Associates.
The company said all existing bookings or credits would be honoured.
Founded in 1975, Flight Centre acquired Executive Travel less than three years ago (TD 01 Aug 2017), at the time saying it was NZ’s “largest independent corporate travel management company”.
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